Best DVD & Blu-rays Released May 2013
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Jack Reacher
A homicide investigator seeks the truth behind what seems an open-and-shut murder case after a trained military sniper is arrested for shooting five random victims.
Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall, David Ellison, Don Granger
Drama Suspense Adaptation Mystery
3 / 5
Play Trailer Safe Haven
A young North Carolina woman determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships. As she begins to fall in love, she struggles with a dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her.
Ryan Kavanaugh, Josh Duhamel, Tucker Tooley, Cobie Smulders, Lasse Hallstrom, Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, Noah Lomax
Drama Romance Adaptation
4 / 5
Play Trailer The Oranges
Story centers on a man’s romantic relationship with the daughter of a family friend, which turns their lives upside down.
Adam Brody, Leighton Meester, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Hugh Laurie, Ian Helfer, Sam Rosen, Leslie Urdang
Drama Comedy
4 / 5
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After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named Smiley can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.
Melanie Papalia, Michael Traynor, Michael Gallagher, Glasgow Phillips, Caitlin Gerard, Shane Dawson, Andrew James Allen, Roger Bart
Drama Thriller Horror
2 / 5
Play Trailer If I Were You
Madelyn Reid accidentally learns of her husband’s infidelity when she saves his sexy young mistress (Leonor Watling) from a bungled suicide attempt. When her unsuspecting young rival suggests the two new “best friends” take each other’s advice—on everything—Madelyn sees an opportunity to seize the upper hand. But the plan backfires when the aspiring young actress insists Madelyn keep her end of the bargain—and orders her to star as King Lear in a very amateur production, with Lucy playing The Fool. Things really get out of control when Lucy starts giving Madelyn instructions on dealing with an amorous coworker and a handsome stranger (Aidan Quinn). Marcia Gay Harden gives a hilarious, touching and utterly believable performance in this delightful comedy about two women who become the unlikeliest of friends.
Joseph Kell, Aidan Quinn, Gary Piquer, Marcia Gay Harden, Joan Carr-Wiggin, Leonor Watling, Valerie Mahaffey, Michael Therriault
Drama Comedy
4 / 5
More Info Starlet
Starlet explores the unlikely friendship between 21 year-old aspiring actress Jane (Dree Hemingway) and elderly widow Sadie (Besedka Johnson) after their worlds collide in California's San Fernando Valley. Jane spends her time getting high with her dysfunctional roommates and taking care of her chihuahua Starlet, while Sadie passes her days alone, tending to her garden. After a confrontation at a yard sale, Jane finds something unexpected in a relic from Sadie's past. Her curiosity piqued, she tries to befriend the caustic older woman. Secrets emerge as their relationship grows, revealing that nothing is ever as it seems.
Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, James Ransone
Drama
4 / 5
Play Trailer Mighty Fine
Joe Fine, who struggles with family issues and bio-polar disorder, moves from Brooklyn to New Orleans in search of a new life.
Debbie Goodstein, Rainey Qualley, Ajae Clearway, Andie MacDowell, Kathryn Wallack, Chazz Palminteri, Jodelle Ferland
Comedy
1 / 5
Play Trailer Deep in the Heart
An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations.
Val Kilmer, Christopher Cain, Jon Gries, Scott Duthie
Drama
4 / 5
More Info ABC's of Death
A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
Kaare Andrews
Suspense Horror
3 / 5
Play Trailer Upstream Color
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Amy Seimetz
Thriller Sci-Fi
3 / 5
Play Trailer Bunohan: Return to Murder
Set in a border town in northeastern Malaysia of the same name, Bunohan tells the powerful story of three estranged brothers—Adil, Bakar and Ilham—and their ailing father, whose fates become tragically intertwined in a web of deceit and corruption. After fleeing a deathmatch in Thailand, Adil the kickboxer is on the run from Ilham the hitman. The chase brings them to Bunohan, where they crash into the shady schemes of the ambitious businessman, Bakar. The trio’s unlikely homecoming brings to light the past of Pok Eng the patriarch, whose secrets will unravel the lives of all. Each man’s unfulfilled struggle for reconciliation and forgiveness leads to the violence of loss, betrayal, corruption and murder.
Zahiril Adzim, Dain Said, Faizal Hussein, Pekin Ibrahim
Drama Action
4 / 5
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Beautiful Creatures
High-school student Ethan Wate meets and becomes bewitched by Lena Duchannes, a 16-year-old whose family has moved to the small South Carolina town where he lives. The two must confront a curse that has haunted her family for generations as she comes to grips with her powers.
Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Broderick Johnson, Alden Ehrenreich, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum, Molly Smith, Andrew Kosove
Drama Romance Adaptation
4 / 5
Play Trailer Cloud Atlas
Story is a time-shifting, kaleidoscopic – weaving six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future.
Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, James D'Arcy, Jim Sturgess, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Hugh Grant, Grant HIll
Action Adventure Adaptation Epic Sci-Fi
4 / 5
Play Trailer Texas Chainsaw 3D
Based on the 1974 film, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," directed by Tobe Hooper. The story will pick up immediately where Tobe Hooper's original left off before flashing forward 35 years.
Alexandra Daddario, Scott Eastwood, Trevor Short, Oren Koules, Kirsten Elms, Avi Lerner, Tania Raymonde, Mark Burg
Thriller Horror Reboot 3D Shot-In-3D
3 / 5
Play Trailer A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III
A successful graphic designer's fame, money and charm has made him irresistible to women. But when his girlfriend breaks up with him his life heads into a downward spiral.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Roman Coppola, Aubrey Plaza, Katheryn Winnick, Youree Henley, Charlie Sheen, Patricia Arquette, Jason Schwartzman
Drama Comedy
1 / 5
Play Trailer Tomorrow You're Gone
Charlie Rankin (Stephen Dorff) is out of prison, but not out of trouble. Indebted to the man who saved his life behind bars (Willem Dafoe, Spider-Man), Charlie must now carry out a murder to settle the score. But things start to change for Charlie when he meets Florence (Michelle Monaghan), a mysterious and beautiful lost soul who sees the good hidden beneath his tough exterior. When the hit goes bad, it’s Charlie’s life that is on the line, and he’ll have to figure out how to settle his debts—and keep Florence out of danger—before his past catches up to him.
Stephen Dorff, Willem Dafoe, Tara Buck, Robert LaSardo, Michelle Monaghan, Matthew F. Jones, David Jacobson, Kerry Rossall
1 / 5
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Parker
Though at times he is forced to be a killer, a thief still lives by a code of honor that includes never stealing money from people who need it. His word is his bond, and if he is crossed he will strike back relentlessly.
Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Taylor Hackford, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Clifton Collins Jr., Wendell Pierce, Sidney Kimmel
Thriller Crime Adaptation
3 / 5
Play Trailer Beautiful Creatures
High-school student Ethan Wate meets and becomes bewitched by Lena Duchannes, a 16-year-old whose family has moved to the small South Carolina town where he lives. The two must confront a curse that has haunted her family for generations as she comes to grips with her powers.
Viola Davis, Emma Thompson, Broderick Johnson, Alden Ehrenreich, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum, Molly Smith, Andrew Kosove
Drama Romance Adaptation
4 / 5
Play Trailer Side Effects
Set in the world of psychopharmacology, which is the study of how drugs affect the human mind.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jude Law, James D. Stern, Channing Tatum, Steven Soderbergh, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Rooney Mara, Greg Jacobs
Thriller
3 / 5
Play Trailer Stand Up Guys
Two sixtysomething conmen reunite their old gang for one final night to do everything they've ever wanted to do before one of them meets his demise.
Al Pacino, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Fisher Stevens, Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken, Sidney Kimmel, Julianna Margulies
Drama Comedy
3 / 5
Play Trailer The Last Stand
Crime thriller set on the Mexican border, where an escaped cartel leader spars with a local sheriff and his inexperienced squad.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Jaimie Alexander, Rodrigo Santoro, Luis Guzman, John Sacchi, Eduardo Noriega, Erik Howsam
Thriller Western Crime
3 / 5
Play Trailer Dark Circles
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going on in this house.
Paul Soter, Philippe Brenninkmeyer, Johnathon Schaech, Andrea Frankle, Pell James
Horror
3 / 5
Play Trailer Addicted to Fame
Addicted to Fame is the outrageous, couldn't-make-it-up, rare glimpse into the making of the B-movie 'Illegal Aliens', starring the late '90s icon Anna Nicole Smith. Director David Giancola embarks on the project with the intention of making a 'movie that mocks B-movies', but finds himself mired in an uncontrollable drama brought on by eccentric personalities, tragedy and the madness that is the movie business. 'Illegal Aliens' bombed at the box office but the story was the second most-reported of 2007, only after coverage of the Iraq War. With 'Addicted To Fame', Giancola grants the public the first-ever look behind-the-scenes on the set of Anna Nicole Smith's last movie, dubbed by some critics to be 'the worst movie ever made', starring the most controversial and tragic figure of the 1990s.
David Giancola
Documentary
4 / 5
Play Trailer Yossi
Ten years after Yossi and Jagger, the tragic love story of two IDF officers serving in Lebanon, director Eytan Fox returns to find out what hae happened with Yossi. Dr. Yossi Hoffman has become a valued and dedicated cardiologist, often using his work as a way to escape from dealing with his anguished life. He lives alone, still closeted, unable to break through the walls and defenses built around him since the death of his lover. Even his co-workers a recently divorced doctor, who tries to sweep Yossi into his world of women and drugs, and a lonely nurse, who is secretly in love with him find it almost impossible to get close to him. His daily routine at the hospital is shaken up by the arrival of a mysterious woman. He follows her, and through the suprising connection they make, recieves a rare opportunity to deal with his trauma. Yossi then travels to the southern city of Eilat. Surounded by the sea and sand dunes he meets a group of young Israeli IDF officers, among them Tom, a handsome and self confident openly gay man, who represents a new world, different from the one that shaped Yossi.
Eytan Fox
Drama Romance
4 / 5
More Info Struck By Lightning
The script captures the spirit of movies penned by the late John Hughes.
Christina Hendricks, Rebel Wilson, David Permut, Allison Janney, Dermot Mulroney, Steve Longi, Glenn Rigberg, Mark Moran
Comedy Teen
2 / 5
Play Trailer Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
Acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdson’s 10-year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life — filmed with unprecedented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world.
Ben Shapiro
Documentary
5 / 5
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Jack the Giant Slayer
A drama that takes an adult look at the Jack and the Beanstalk legend. When a princess is kidnapped, the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants' kingdom in hopes of rescuing her.
Ewan McGregor, Christopher McQuarrie, Stanley Tucci, Nicholas Hoult, Bryan Singer, Neal H. Moritz, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy
Action Adventure Fantasy
3 / 5
Play Trailer Dark Skies
No plot details have been announced.
Keri Russell, Scott Stewart, Annie Thurman, Jason Blum, Dakota Goyo, Trevor St. John, Charles Layton, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Thriller Suspense
3 / 5
Play Trailer Lore
The year is 1945. Left to fend for herself when her SS officer father and mother, a staunch Nazi believer, are interred by the victorious Allies at the end of World War II, Lore, a fourteen-year-old German girl (Saskia Rosendahl), must lead her four siblings on a harrowing journey across a devastated country. When she meets the charismatic and mysterious young refugee Thomas, (Kai Malina, The White Ribbon,) Lore soon finds her world shattered by feelings of hatred and desire as she must put her trust in the very person she was always taught to hate in order to survive.
Nele Trebs, Cate Shortland, Saskia Rosendahl
Drama War Thriller
4 / 5
Play Trailer The Numbers Station
The story follows a disgraced black ops agent tasked with a dead-end job of protecting a 20-year-old woman in the middle of the Nevada desert. The two eventually have to fight to survive after they come under attack.
John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Liam Cunningham, F. Scott Frazier, Malin Akerman, Chris Cowles, Kasper Barfoed, Bryan Furst
Thriller Suspense
3 / 5
Play Trailer Erased
When ex-CIA agent Ben Logan (Eckhart) discovers that he and his daughter have been marked for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy, a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse ensues as Logan tries to outsmart his hunters and uncover the truth.
Olga Kurylenko, Aaron Eckhart, Neil Napier, Alexander Fehling, Philipp Stölzl, Arash Amel, Liana Liberato
Action Thriller
3 / 5
Play Trailer Hellbound?
Does hell exist? If so, who ends up there, and why? Featuring an eclectic group of authors, theologians, pastors, social commentators and musicians, Hellbound? is a provocative, feature-length documentary that looks at why we are so bound to the idea of hell and how our beliefs about hell affect the world we are creating today.
Kevin Miller
Documentary
3 / 5
Play Trailer 6 Month Rule
6 Month Rule revolves around a bachelor who follows a set of rules in order to avoid emotional attachment, the most important being: there is no woman so perfect that you can't get over her in six months. Knowing that he will get over her allows him to dismiss relationships easily and without regret... Until he meets a girl who changes everything.
Martin Starr, Dave Foley, John Michael Higgins, Natalie Morales, Patrick J. Adams, Blayne Weaver, Jaime Pressly
Comedy
4 / 5
Play Trailer Dorfman In Love
Tells the story of a young single suburbanite unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, who desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love’s downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, changes forever. In seven days, she meets another man who appreciates her and she not only transforms the mess of a loft but also transforms the mess of herself. Her journey of self-discovery leads her to find her true love.
Catherine Hicks, Sara Rue, Scott Wilson, Wendy Kout, Keri Lynn Pratt, Jonathan Chase, Elliott Gould, Bradley Leong
Comedy Romance
4 / 5
Play Trailer Generation Um...
The story follows a day in the life of Keanu Reeves' character and his two cohorts as they live life on the fringe, immersed in sex, drugs and indecision. As they navigate their daily routine of bars and crowds, they embark on a path of self-discovery.
Keanu Reeves, Bojana Novakovic, Caroline Kaplan, Alison Palmer, Lemore Syvan, Nicolas Chartier, Jared Goldman, Mark L. Mann
Drama
2 / 5
More Info Saving Lincoln
The story of Mr. Lincoln and his self-appointed bodyguard, U.S. Marshal Ward Hill Lamon - a banjo-playing Southerner who foiled repeated attempts on the President's life, and kept him functioning during the darkest hours of the Civil War.
Creed Bratton, Lea Coco, Salvador Litvak, Davidovich Litvak, Tom Amandes, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison, Saidah Arrika Ekulona
Drama Historical Biography
3 / 5
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